Jungle-faring contestants on I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here could have been sitting down to a Friday night dinner with Jewish contestant Edwina Currie had she had her way, her husband has revealed, writes Sharon Feinstein. The image of the ex-MP cooking for minor celebrities and TV hosts Ant and Dec is not … Continued

She introduced herself to a new generation and survived everything the producers of I’m a Celebrity . . . Get Me Out of Herethrew at her. But all Edwina Currie wanted out of her appearance was a home extension, says her husband. As the 68-year-old former MP prepares to fly back to Britain after her … Continued

He’s the lucky lottery winner who’s already blown £80,000 on a booze-fuelled around-the-world jaunt. And Matt Myles isn’t planning to stop there. After travelling to a lifetime of dream locations in just eight months, Matt is splashing the cash in the millionaire’s paradise of Dubai – where he’s already spent £8,000 in a day. He … Continued

It sounds like a plot from a crime thriller, complete with international villains, death threats and the handover of a £380,000 watch to a mystery man at the Ritz hotel. But the story is all too real for John Hunter Maxwell, a former director-general of the Automobile Association who has fallen victim to a “cleverly … Continued

Berlin plays havoc with your emotions. The brutalities of recent history are evident everywhere. Holocaust reminders and memorials, and the subsequent terrors of Communism and the Stasi, are spread among the stones of this intelligent, thinking city. There’s nothing dumbed-down about Berlin. There is a strange mix of creative vitality and the resounding spectre of … Continued

What would the Dowager say? Maggie Smith is working 14-hour days as a tramp for a fraction of the pay she gets for Downton Abbey, the producer of her new film has revealed. Smith, 79, who plays the was pish Dowager Countess of Grantham in the ITV drama, is filming The Lady in the Van, … Continued

Reeva Steenkamp’s cousin says she will go to her grave wondering if she could have saved her. Kim Martin is haunted by her last conversation with the anxious model after asking her: “Are you happy with Oscar?” The model, who had been dating the star for a month, didn’t answer Kim but went pale and … Continued

Andrew Marr and the X Factor presenter Dermot O’Leary are among celebrities defying protests over the sale of foie gras at a butcher’s shop owned by a friend of Jamie Oliver. The television presenters are buying meat from Jack O’Shea despite protests in Primrose Hill, north London. O’Shea says he is determined to bring foie … Continued